Bronx rap artist Kemba explores the growing weaponisation of rap lyrics in the US criminal justice system and abroad - revealing how law enforcement has quietly used artistic creation as evidence in criminal cases for decades.
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: JM Harper; Stars: Greg Kriek, Killer Mike, Ari Melber, Camille James Harman, David Alan Graf, Elizabeth Lamboy-Wilson, Bun B, Patrice Hodge, Taylor Eden, Qari Delaney, Dylan Rogers, Cartrell Daniels, Tracy Martin, Alex Campbell Stein, K'Juan Chandler)
For the most part the film comes across as a celebration of this moment as a light in the darkness, but it will likely leave some viewers additionally uncomfortable.
Four young girls prepare for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, as part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, DC, jail.
Amid the glamour of Hollywood, Los Angeles, a woman finds herself on a transformative journey as she nurtures wounded hummingbirds, unraveling a visually captivating and magical tale of love, fragility, healing, and the delicate beauty in tiny acts of greatness.
Documentary of Frida Kahlo, told through her own words for the very first time — drawn from her diary, revealing letters, essays, and print interviews.
A celebration of a community of Argentine cowboys and cowgirls, known as Gauchos, living beyond the boundaries of the modern world.
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw)
World premiere
Love Machina
Futurists Martine and Bina Rothblatt commission an advanced humanoid AI named Bina48 to transfer Bina’s consciousness from a human to a robot in an attempt to continue their once-in-a-galaxy love affair for the rest of time.
Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destroy their passion for living.
To save their career and relationship, a daredevil couple journey across the globe to climb the world’s last super skyscraper and perform a bold acrobatic stunt on the spire.
(Year: 2024; Director: Jeff Zimbalist; Writer: Jeff Zimbalist)
World premiere
Sugarcane
An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school ignites a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.
The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) - a group of current and former Amazon workers in New York City’s Staten Island - takes on one of the world’s largest and most powerful companies in the fight to unionise.
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Stephen Maing, Brett Story)
